Scientists chasing thunderstorms in a retrofitted minivan finally captured something never seen before in nature: faint ...

Keep up with the weather news you need. Sign up for the CNN Weather newsletter. Lightning most often strikes objects taller than their surroundings, like a tree in a field, because it takes the ...

Scientists have captured glowing treetops during thunderstorms for the first time ever, revealing hidden electrical ...

For more than 70 years, scientists have suspected treetops might emit these corona electrical discharges because of odd ...

Storms barreling across the heart of the United States continue to threaten rain and pose flooding risks after causing at ...

A tree caught fire after it was struck by lightning as storms swept through Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. A plume of ...

A tree caught on fire after it was struck by lightning as storms swept through Western Pennsylvania Tuesday evening.

Storms swept through parts of Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, causing downed trees and multiple power outages throughout the ...

Karen Boudreau credits her neighbor's quick actions for alerting her to the flames, saving her garage and potentially her ...

"All of a sudden, there was a big, major flash of light and a big boom, and I thought, oh my goodness, I, I had a tree fall on my house." ...

The cleanup continues in a North Bay neighborhood after lightning struck a redwood tree overnight, splintering the top half of the tree into dozens of pieces that went flying. The Santa Rosa tree ...

Lightning struck a massive redwood tree in a Santa Rosa neighborhood early Friday morning. Cleanup continues as the tree ...